Wednesday, July 13, 2022

HAPPENINGS

It will be about to happen, 

or it will be happening, 

or it will be over


you will be glad it happened, 

or you won't


you will probably forget what happened,

either way


unless it's one of the handful that you remember 

fondly

for the rest of your life


a life filled mostly with

the endless forgettable


punctured

with brief, white-hot moments

of joy


-kj 

7/8/17

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Pumpkin

all the things

I've loved and lost

if I got rid of them I'd be

jack-o-lantern

hollow


if I gave back

the silver medals

my trophy case would be

bare


they say

if you wait long enough

every love story becomes

a tragedy


that part came early


everything that doesn't kill you

they say


so here I am

2nd place strong

full of memory


-kj 06/24/22